Expert meeting report : windows options for new and existing homes / prepared by C. Ojczyk, J. Carmody, and K. Haglund, NorthernSTAR Building America Partnership, the University of Minnesota.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Ojczyk, C. (Cindy), author.

Carmody, John, author.

Haglund, Kerry Lynn, author.

Contributor:

United States. Department of Energy. Building Technologies Office, issuing body.

National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.), sponsoring body.

Building America (Program : U.S.), sponsoring body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dwellings--Energy conservation.

Dwellings.

Insulation (Heat).

Windows--Thermal properties.

Windows.

Buildings--Retrofitting.

Buildings.

retrofitting.

Genre:

Online resources.

Conference papers and proceedings

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 23 pages) : color illustrations

Other Title:

Windows options for new and existing homes

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, Building Technologies Office, May 2013.

Summary:

The NorthernSTAR Building America Partnership held an Expert Meeting on Windows Options for New and Existing Homes on November 14, 2011 at the Nolte Building on the campus of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, MN. Featured speakers included John Carmody and Pat Huelman of the University of Minnesota, Charlie Curcija of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Jim Larson of Cardinal Glass Industries, Peter Yost of Building Green, Peter Baker of Building Science Corporation, and Theresa Weston of Du Pont Innovations. Audience participation was actively encouraged during each presentation to uncover need and promote dialog among researchers and industry professionals. Key results from the meeting were: A greater understanding of the windows research that Building America partners and national laboratories are engaged in to help professionals and consumers choose bets practice strategies; A greater understanding of the role of comfort in window performance and satisfaction; A need for research to quantify costs, benefits, and risks of window replacement and window improvement options for existing homes; Definition of future research needs to be investigated.

Notes:

"May 2013."

"Prepared for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory on behalf of the U.S. Department of Energy's Building America Program, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy."

NREL Technical Monitor: Stacey Rothgeb.

"DOE/GO-102013-3829"--Page 30

Title from title screen (viewed on February 10, 2014).

OCLC:

870274943